黄色直播

 

Raluca BejanPhD

Associate Professor

Raluca_Bejan

Email: Raluca.Bejan@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-2094
Mailing Address: 
Room 3233, Mona Campbell Building
 
Research Topics:
  • comparative social policy (i.e., Canadian, British and EU)
  • ideology
  • South-East European and Balkan studies
  • post-communist, post-socialist and post-Soviet studies
  • community organizing and social movements
  • philosophy of social justice
  • labour and collective organizing
  • migration, mobilities and citizenship
  • globalization and transnationalism
  • refugees鈥 studies/forced migration
  • critical theory
  • whiteness and critical race studies

Education:
BA (Hon.), Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, Romania
SSW, George Brown College, Toronto
MSW, University of Toronto
PhD, University of Toronto

Raluca Bejan started her position as Assistant Professor at 黄色直播 in January 2020.听Between July 2018 - December 2019 she was Assistant Professor of Critical Social Policy at St. Thomas University, in Fredericton, Canada. Raluca Bejan was a former Visiting Academic at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, UK, in 2016 and 2018.

In 2018 Raluca co-directed a documentary film on the Greek Refugees crisis, titled .听It was filmed on the islands of Lesvos, Chios, Samos, and in Athens, Greece.听Trace听won Best Feature Documentary at the Santorini Film Festival in 2019.听

Relevant research contributions听
Refereed contributions (selected)

  • Bejan, R.听& Glynn, T. (2024)..听Refuge. Canada's Journal on Refugees听滨滨听Revue Canadienne sur les R茅fugi茅s39(2), 1-18.

  • Nikolova, K., &听Bejan, R.听(2023). Welfare States and Covid-19 Responses: Eastern versus Western Democracies.听Comparative Southeast European Studies,听70(4), 686-721.听


  • Bejan, R.听(2022). Whiteness in question: The anatomy of a taxonomy across transnational contexts.听Dialectical Anthropology,46(3), 347-372.听


  • Bejan, R.听and Nikolova, K. (2022). COVID-19 amongst comparable countries: A welfare state approach.听Social Theory and Health,听20, 1-29.


  • Bejan, R.听(2021).听Refugees鈥 integration in Romania: A non-preferred choice.听Working Paper.听COMPAS, University of Oxford.听


  • Bejan, R.听(2020).Following the refugee relocation scheme: Ideological interpretations of interstate shared responsibility in Romania. Working Paper. RESPOND, Cambridge University.听


  • Bejan, R.听(2018).听Problematizing the norms of fairness grounding the EU鈥檚 relocation system of shared responsibility.听EUI Working Paper. Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute.听


  • Bejan, R. (2017). Lesvos: Tracing the space of the refugee crisis. In D. Haynes, J. Howell, & F. Keles (Eds.),听Maintaining refuge:Anthropological reflections in uncertain times听(pp. 49鈥60).听Society for Urban, National, and Global Anthropology and American Anthropological Association.听


  • Bejan, R., Curpan, A. I., & Amza, O. (2017). The situation of unaccompanied minors in Romania in the course of Europe鈥檚 refugee crisis.听Social Work & Society,听15(1).


  • Bejan, R. (2017). Equal yet inequitable: The EU鈥檚 relocation system of shared responsibility.听Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration,听7(1), 411.听


  • Bhuyan, R.,听Bejan, R.,听& Jeyapal, D. (2017). Social workers鈥 perspectives on social justice in social work education: How mainstreaming social justice masks structural inequalities.听SocialWork Education,听36(4), 118.


  • Bejan, R.听(2016). The 鈥淓ast/West鈥 divide and Europe鈥檚 relocation system for asylum seekers.听Journal of Social Policy/ 袪械胁懈褬邪 蟹邪 C芯褑懈褬邪谢薪邪 N芯谢懈褌懈泻邪,听9(12), 9鈥40.


  • Bejan, R., Murvai, P., Mih膬il膬, I. & Cherciov, M. (2015). Transnational responses to global capitalism: The case study of the Ros苔ia Montana虇 campaign.听Transnational Social Review. A Social Work Journal, 5(2),199鈥207.听


  • Bejan, R.,听Craig, S. L. & Saini, M. (2014). I love my job but... A portrait of Canadian social workers鈥 occupational conditions.听Canadian Social Work Journal, 16(1),23鈥45.听


  • Bejan, R.听(2012).听A step further: How to improve a mentoring program to fully advance the labour market integration of internationally trained professionals. Canadian Journal for Social Research,听2(1), 37鈥47.听


  • Bejan, R.听(2011).听Smoke and mirrors: How an allegedly inclusionary strategy perpetuates an exclusionary discourse. Canadian Ethnic Studies,43(3), 165鈥181.听

Non-refereed contributions
Community Reports (selected)

  • Bejan, R., Allain, K, Glynn, T. & Soto Flores, P. (2024).听听Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-NS Office.
  • Bejan, R., Allain, K., Glynn, T., & Soto Flores, P. (2023, March 1). Unfree labour: Covid-19 and migrant workers in the seafood industry in New Brunswick. TFW Maritimes. Halifax.


  • Bejan, R., Allain, K., Glynn, T., Wheatley, A., & Soto Flores, P. (2021).听Safe at work, unsafe at home: COVID-19 and temporary foreign workers in Prince Edward Island.听TFW Maritimes. Halifax.


  • Bejan, R.听& Sidhu, N. (2010).听Policy without Practice: Barriers to Enrollment for Non-Status Immigrant Students in Toronto鈥檚 Catholic Schools. Toronto: Social Planning Toronto.听


Magazine articles (selected)

  • Bejan, R.听(2022, June 4).听鈥淣GOs are sort of a dirty word here鈥: Refugee service provision in Greece.听Routed Magazine.


  • Bejan, R.听(2020, Aug. 24).听What does Europe鈥檚 East-West divide tell us about its external borders?听Crisis Magazine.听

Op-eds (selected)

  • Bejan, R.听& Nikolova, K. (2022, Dec.21).听After the Cold War: Why COVID-19 infection and death rates were so high in eastern Europe.听The Conversation.听


  • Ross, N.M.,听Bejan, R. & Zubriki, S. (2022, Nov 21).听University and school strikes across Canada are about workers鈥 rights 鈥 and protecting education as a public good. The Conversation.听
    . Republished by听Academic Matters.听听

  • Bejan, R. (2022, Oct 22).听Why social workers should support the CUPE 3912 labour strike.Canadian Dimension.


  • Bejan, R.,& Bryan, C. (2022, Mar. 23).听How Canada capitalizes on Ukrainian refugees. Verfassungsblog.


  • Bejan, R.,& Bogovic, R. (2022, Mar. 11).听Ukraine: How citizenship and race play out in refugees鈥 movements in Europe. The Conversation.
    . Republished by听Dal News,听FirstPost听and the听Oasis Reporters.

  • Bejan, R.,& Nabi, S. (2021, Dec.1).听The EU is the real villain in the Poland-Belarus migrant crisis. The Conversation.
    . Republished by听Dal News.

  • Bejan, R.听& Nikolova, K. (2021, October 5). How Canada compares to welfare states in COVID-19 cases and deaths.听The Conversation,听
    .听
    Republished by听Dal News听and Halifax听Chronicle Herald.听

  • Bejan, R., Allain, K, & Glynn, T. (2021, Jul. 2).听COVID-19 has exacerbated migrant workers鈥 conditions and enforced distinctions on national lines.COMPAS, University of Oxford.听


  • Bejan, R., & Boatc膬, M. (2021, Apr. 28).听Migrant workers鈥 safety concerns should be a pandemic priority.Verfassungsblog.听


  • Bejan, R.,& Allain, K. (2021, Mar. 4).听Profits trump COVID-19 protections for migrant seafood workers in Atlantic Canada.听The Conversation.听
    . Republished by Yahoo! News;听Dal News;听AgenParl France; Latino Rebels;听The Telegram;听Halifax Chronicle Herald;听The Guardian PEI;听Cape Breton Post;听Journal Pioneer;听Philippine Canadian Inquirer.

  • Bejan, R.听(2020, Aug. 5).听How we mourn the victims of tragedies depends on their citizenship status.听The Conversation.听
    .
    Republished by听Dal News;听Halifax Chronicle Herald;听Cape Breton Post;听The Telegram;听Journal Pioneer.

  • Bejan, R. (2020, May 4).听New Brunswick debate on migrant workers leaves a lot to be desired.听rabble.ca.


  • Bejan, R.听(2020, April 17).听Don鈥檛 make refugees political pawns in Turkey-EU game.听The Globe Post.


  • Bejan, R.听(2020, April 16).听COVID-19 and disposable migrant workers.听Verfassungsblog.


  • Bejan, R.听(2019, December 1).听Why some EU countries are struggling to relocate migrants.听The Conversation.听


  • Bejan, R.听(2019, November 20).听Latest withdrawal agreement fails Romanian and Bulgarian workers.听COMPAS,University of Oxford.听


  • Bejan, R.听(2017, July 31).听A 50/50 ball: The East versus the EU in the refugee relocation game.听Verfassungsblog.
    . Cross-posted on rabble.ca and LeftEast.

Creative outputs
Exhibits (selected)

  • Bejan, R. & Cocan, I. (2022, July).听TRACE:听Tracing the Space of the Refugee Crisis. [Multi-media exhibit]. ARTHUB, Bucharest, Romania.听


  • Bejan, R.,Cocan, I., & Lan, N. (2022, May).听TRACE.听[Photography exhibit]. CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto.


  • Bejan, R.,Cocan, I., & Lan, N. (2020, Jan.鈥揊eb.).听Tracing the space of the refugee crisis.听[Multimedia exhibit]. Beaverbrook Art Gallery and the UNB Art Centre, Fredericton.听

Book Reviews (selected)

  • Bejan, R. (2021). Review of听Social Mendelism: Genetics and the politics of race in Germany, 1900-1948, by A. Teicher.听Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences,听77(1), 121鈥123.听


  • Bejan, R.听(2017). Review of听Strangers no more:听Immigration and the challenges of integration in North America and Western Europe, by R. Alba and N. Foner.听Social听Service Review,听91(1), 159鈥168.听


  • Bejan, R.听(2016). Review of听Us and them? The dangerous politics of听immigration control, by B. Anderson.听Transnational Social Review: A Social Work Journal,听6(1鈥2), 222鈥225.

Media/Radio Coverage (selected):

  • Ibrahim, H. (2023, March 2). Unclear whether N.B. employers will face consequences over alleged abuse of foreign workers. CBC New Brunswick.


  • CBC Information Morning Saint John with Julia Wright (2023, March 2). Living conditions for temporary foreign workers


  • CBC Information Morning Fredericton with Jeanne Armstrong (2023, March 2).


  • CBC National News-TV (2023, March 1). Temporary foreign workers in seafood plants faced long hours, minimal pay: report.


  • CBC News Nova Scotia-TV (2023, March 1). A new report out of a university in Nova Scotia is painting a bleak picture of the lives of temporary foreign workers who come to Canada.

  • CBC New Brunswick News-TV (2023, March 1). Principle Investigator Raluca Bejan talks with Harry Forestell for the CBC New Brunswick News.


  • The Canadian Press (2023, March 1). 鈥楿nfree labour鈥: N.B. seafood foreign workers faced awful conditions, study says. Cross-posted: Global News. The Toronto Star. National Post. Yahoo Finance. St. Catherine Standard. Alaska Highway News. Guelph Today. The Record. The Winnipeg Free Press. The Chronicle Journal of the Northwest. Huddle Today.


  • CTV News TV. (2023, March 1). 鈥楿nfree labour鈥: N.B. seafood foreign workers faced awful conditions, study says.


  • Ibrahim, H. (2023, March 1). Foreign workers at N.B. seafood plants face threats, cramped quarters and racism, study finds. CBC New Brunswick.


  • Jones, L. (2023, March 1). Conditions for migrant workers in New Brunswick seafood industry abusive, dangerous: report. The Globe and Mail.


  • CBC Maritime Noon with Bob Murphy (2023, March 1). A researcher at 黄色直播 tells us about her new report into working conditions in NB for temporary foreign workers.听


  • CBC Information Morning Saint John with Julia Wright (2023, March 1). Migrant worker face tough conditions in NB.


  • CBC Information Morning Moncton (2023, March 1). Lobster industry denies abuse of temporary foreign workers, despite calls for better protections.


  • DAL News. (2023, March 1). Migrant workers describe grim conditions in New Brunswick鈥檚 seafood industry.
    /news/2023/03/01/migrant-workers-new-brunswick-conditions.html

  • Telegraph Journal. (2023, March 1). Feds review 鈥榙isturbing鈥 report of alleged NB worker abuse.


  • Th茅venin, C. (2023, March 1). Des travailleurs 茅trangers temporaires forc茅s de vivre dans des conditions difficiles. Acadie Nouvelle.


  • Radio-Canada TV (2023, March 1). Mieux prot茅ger les travailleurs 茅trangers.


  • Gaudreau, N. (2023, March, 1). Abus, harc猫lement, logements surpeupl茅s: Des travailleurs 茅trangers exploit茅s au NB. Radio-Canada.


  • CBC Radio Maritime Connection (2022, Nov.13).听How do you think we can protect the rights of temporary foreign workers... and help them become Canadians if that鈥檚 what they want. Halifax.


  • CBC Radio InfoMorning (2022, Mar. 31).听The problem with the temporary protection for the Ukrainian refugees. Halifax.

  • Global News Radio 770 CHQR. (2021, October 7).听How Canada compares to welfare states. Calgary.听


  • Dal News. (2021, June 3).听Temporary foreign workers in P.E.I. faced inadequate housing and overcrowding despite pandemic: Study.听
    /news/2021/06/03/temporary-foreign-workers-in-p-e-i--faced-inadequate-housing-and.html

  • Koch, D. (2021, June 3). 17 people to a bedroom: Report describes living conditions for migrant workers.听The Telegraph(Moncton).听


  • The Guardian PEI. (2021, June 1). 鈥淭he bosses think that we are their slaves鈥: P.E.I. report documents crowded housing, 鈥渦nscrupulous鈥 labour practices for migrant workers.听


  • CBC Radio One P.E.I. (2021, June 1). Interview with Mitch Cormier on temporary foreign workers in P.E.I.听Island Morning.

  • CBC News. (2021, June 1).听Report details poor living conditions, 鈥渦nscrupulous鈥 practices for P.E.I. migrant workers.听


  • Koch, D. (2021, Apr. 5). Province 鈥渋rresponsible鈥 not to give migrants vaccine priority.听The Telegraph听(Moncton, NB).听


  • Koch, D. (2021, Feb. 6). Prioritize safety of migrant workers, say advocates.听The Telegraph听(Moncton, NB).听


  • CBC PEI. (2020, Nov. 6). Interview 鈥 Temporary foreign workers in the Canadian Maritimes.听CBC Compass PEI.听Television.听


  • CBC New Brunswick. (2020, Nov. 5). Temporary foreign workers in the Canadian Maritimes. Television.听


  • Global News. (2020, Oct. 27).听黄色直播 to document impact of COVID-19 on temporary foreign workers.听


  • CBC Radio One Nova Scotia. (2020, Oct. 8).听Temporary foreign workers in the Canadian Maritimes. CBC Information Morning.听


  • SSHRC News. (2020, June 5).听New Dal prof鈥檚 award-winning doc depicts different side of refugee crisis.


  • Gordon Koch, D. (2020, May 30). COVID-19 worker ban reversed way too late. The Telegraph听(Moncton, NB).听